Eucharist Service
EUCHARIST SERVICE
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FELLOWSHIP
CELEBRANT: The Lord be with you.
PEOPLE: “AND ALSO WITH YOU”
CELEBRANT: Lift up your hearts.
PEOPLE: “WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD”
CELEBRANT: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
PEOPLE: “IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE HIM THANKS AND PRAISE”
CELEBRANT: It is truly right to glorify You, Father, and to give You thanks. For You are face to face with the Son in the Spirit, Eternal Life, dwelling together in the divine dance of holy unity, from before time and forever. Fountain of Life, source of all goodness, You made all things in the Son, and in Him all things hold together and are filled with Your blessing. You created them to rejoice in the splendor and brilliance of Your kind intention. Countless throngs of angels stand before You to serve You night and day, joining with them, as a Kingdom of Priests, representing and giving voice on behalf of all creation, we acclaim You and glorify Your name as we say:
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “TO HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND TO THE LAMB BE BLESSING AND HONOR AND GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.”
CELEBRANT: We acclaim You Holy Lord, The Three in One, glorious in love. Your goodness and kindness reveal that You are endlessly and unalterably for us. You formed us in Your own image, giving the whole world into our care, so that in fellowship with You, our Father, we might rule and serve all Your creatures.
When we were plunged into the darkness of the lie, believing that You were not for us, too holy to look at us, You contradicted the lie, never turning from us, and took sides with us against the accuser, promising the crushing of his head by the woman’s seed. In Your wrath, the passionate NO! of Your love that refused our abandonment and destruction, You came into our darkness to seek us until You found us.
Father, You loved the world so much that in the fullness of time, You sent Your only Son, to be our Savior; not to save us from You, but to take us to You. Incarnate by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, He lived as one of us yet without sin. To the poor He proclaimed the Good News of Salvation, to prisoners, freedom, and to the sorrowful, joy. And to fulfill Your purpose, He gave Himself up to death, and rising from the grave destroyed death, taking with Him the keys to hell and the grave, raising humanity to be seated in heavenly places, making the whole creation new.
And exposing the lie that we were unworthy servants under the gaze of Your disapproval, You sent the promised Holy Spirit, the Blessing of Abraham, the very Spirit of Adoption, who continually intercedes for us, convincing us that we truly are Your beloved children, by whom we cry “Abba, Daddy”.
When the hour came for Him to be glorified by You, His heavenly Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
At supper with them He took bread. And when He had given thanks to You, He broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said “Take eat, this is My body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of Me.”
After supper He took the cup of wine, And when He had given thanks to You, He gave it to them and said, “Drink this, all of you, this is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for you and for many, for the undoing of sin, whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of Me.”
Father, we now celebrate this memorial of our redemption. Recalling Christ’s death and descent among the dead. Proclaiming His resurrection and ascension to Your right hand, and announcing our sharing in glory: We in Him, He in us, and together in You. And offering to You the gifts You have given us, this Bread and this Cup, we praise You and we bless You:
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “WE PRAISE YOU, WE BLESS YOU, WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU, AND WE PRAY TO YOU LORD OUR GOD”
CELEBRANT: Lord, we thank You that Your Holy Spirit brings all things to our remembrance and reveals that we are partakers of Your divine nature. We ask that You now sanctify these gifts showing them to be holy gifts for Your holy people. The Bread of Life, the Cup of our Salvation. The Body and Blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Grant that all who share this bread and this cup, may become one body and one spirit, a living sacrifice in Christ, to the praise of Your Name.
CELEBRANT: Father, we pray for your holy and Universal Church;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That we all may be one.
CELEBRANT: Grant that every member of the Church may truly and humbly serve you;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That your Name may be glorified by all people.
CELEBRANT: We pray for all bishops, priests, deacons, pastors, and ministers;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That they may be faithful ministers of your Word and Sacraments.
CELEBRANT: We pray for all who govern and hold authority in the nations of the world;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That there may be justice and peace on the earth.
CELEBRANT: Give us grace to do your will in all that we undertake;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That our works may find favor in your sight.
CELEBRANT: Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief, sickness, or trouble;
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: That they may be delivered from their distress.
CELEBRANT: Let us pray for our own needs and those of others. (Brief moment of silence)
Remember, Lord, Your One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church, redeemed by the Blood of Christ. Reveal our unity, guard our faith and preserve us in Your peace.
And grant that we may find our inheritance with patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs and all Saints who have found favor with You in all times and places. We praise You in union with them and give You glory through Your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “THROUGH CHRIST AND WITH CHRIST AND IN CHRIST ALL HONOR AND GLORY ARE YOURS, ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN.”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
CELEBRANT: Hallelujah! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: THEREFORE, LET US KEEP THE FEAST! HALLELUJAH!
CELEBRANT: The Gifts of God for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you by dying as you and feed on Him, this His resurrected, ascended, glorified, death-destroying body, and do so in your hearts with thanksgiving!
(The Bread and the Cup are given to the communicants with these words)
CELEBRANT: The Body of Christ, the Bread of Heaven. PEOPLE: “AMEN”
CELEBRANT: The Blood of Christ, the Cup of your Salvation. PEOPLE: “AMEN”
CELEBRANT AND PEOPLE: “FATHER, ALMIGHTY AND EVER-LIVING GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR FEEDING US WITH THE SPIRITUAL FOOD OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BODY AND BLOOD OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AND FOR ASSURING US IN THESE HOLY MYSTERIES THAT WE ARE LIVING MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF YOUR SON AND HEIRS OF YOUR ETERNAL KINGDOM. AND NOW FATHER, SEND US OUT, TO DO THE WORK YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO DO, TO LOVE AND SERVE YOU AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES OF CHRIST OUR LORD. TO HIM, TO YOU AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BE HONOR AND GLORY, NOW AND FOREVER, AMEN.”
THE BLESSING